Sports Columns
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Bears bite backOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the main responsibilities of NFL safeties is to cover tight ends, but Minnesota Vikings 11-year veteran Darren Sharper apparently isn't too worried about the Bear...
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New facilities signal the end of an era in Hampshire footballOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - When Hampshire High School began playing football in the fall of 1964 on a spacious patch of grass behind the school, it's a pretty safe bet no one envisioned what thing...
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New Cubs history gets caught in presentOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Pity the bar owners of Wrigleyville who just saw a fortune go out the window with the Cubs' collapse, but save any pity for Glenn Stout. Stout was sitting pretty as auth...
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Time for a sneak peek at playoffsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Have we ever gone into Week 8 of a high school football season with neither Libertyville nor Stevenson having clinched a playoff berth? The slow starts by both perennial...
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Indians will erase Red Sox in seven gamesOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Can the Cleveland Indians make it three in a row? The last two American League teams to play in the World Series came out of the American League Central. The White Sox s...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which c...
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Cubs won't get rid of RamirezOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It's always been my belief that the best form of censorship is self-censorship. In other words, radios and TVs come with on-off switches for a good reason. We're starti...
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Bruzdzinski just racks up big numbers, no hoopla requiredOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Katie Bruzdzinski departed Naperville North as the school's all-time leader in kills with 1,334 and arrived at the University of Michigan ready to test her talent in big...
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'Win one for the Gipper' pep talks keep losing their appealOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It's been a long time since I was in a high school locker room before the start of an event. Like 53 years long. When I was actually covering sports as a Daily Herald re...
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Hope springs eternal as postseason set to get under wayOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Class A sectional host Hampshire has done its homework heading into the boys soccer postseason, and hopes to see the recent hard work pay off as the Whip-Purs open again...